CALM vs. TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, POST, LANC, and FLO
Should you be buying Cal-Maine Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cal-Maine Foods include Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), and Flowers Foods (FLO). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Cal-Maine Foods vs.
Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tyson Foods received 486 more outperform votes than Cal-Maine Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.81% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 53.16% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.
Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 20.39% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of 1.50%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 33.69% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.
Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tyson Foods pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tyson Foods has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Cal-Maine Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tyson Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tyson Foods and 10 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Cal-Maine Foods' score of 0.39 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cal-Maine Foods currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 41.35%. Tyson Foods has a consensus target price of $60.70, indicating a potential upside of 7.54%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tyson Foods is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.
Tyson Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tyson Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tyson Foods beats Cal-Maine Foods on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CALM) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
